Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Silence Quotes, Wisdom Quotes

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

Why need I volumes, if one word suffice?

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will...

Wherever there is power there is age.

Wherever there is power there is age.

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

All I have seen teaches me to trust the creator for all I have not...

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Conservatism makes no poetry, breathes no prayer, has no invention; it is all memory. Reform...

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

Truth, and goodness, and beauty, are but different faces of the same All

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing,...

Money often costs too much.

Money often costs too much.

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

Good bye, proud world! I'm going home; Thou art not my friend, and I'm not...

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

God screens us evermore from premature ideas.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path...

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.